Hello. I'm trying to find the lyrics to an old song that my Dad used to sing. It started this way: "There's a long long nail a winding into the sole of my shoe. And it's found its way right in my foot a mile or two." And it ends with something like this: ... "until the time that I can sit right down and pull that old nail out."

I would greatly appreciate having all the lyrics to the song and a title would be great to have, too!

Thank you for your help. I'm new to this forum and may not find my way back here anytime soon. If you could email me directly, that would be wonderful.

I'm going to go ahead and ask about two more songs that I'm trying to find lyrics for. The first one I'm guessing the experts here won't have any trouble with. It starts out: "I like to go swimming with bow-legged women and swim between their knees..."

The second song may be a tougher case. It's a little narrative about a forest ranger who saves a young woman from a bear (I think) and they fall in love. It starts out, "There was a forest ranger who lived out in the woods..."

There's a long, long nail a grinding Up through the sole of my shoe For it's ground its way into my foot For a whole mile or two There's a long, long hill before me And what I'm dreaming about Is the time when I can sit down And pull that long, long nail out.

Bow Legged Women thread inconclusive, but some info. Reference to M*A*S*H* takes us to This page which only gives the same excerpt as in the earlier thread, possibly just a snippet written for that scene?

Thank you very much for the help. I'm going to have to work on my Dad to come up with the rest of the lyrics to the bow-legged women song. I'll post them here (or actually to the thread that you referred me to).

If anyone comes up with knowledge of -- or lyrics to -- the Forest Ranger song, that would be wonderful.

There's a long, long nail a-winding into the sole of my shoe; and it's worked its way into my foot a mile or two. There's a long, long road before me and what I'm thinking about, is the time when I can sit right down and pull that darn nail out!

This is the version of the Long, Long Trail parody that my mother learned when she was a kid:

THE LONG, LONG NAIL Tune: Long, Long Trail

There's a long, long nail a-grinding Into the sole of my shoe, And it feels as though it is stuck in About a mile or two. And when this march is over I will give one glad shout And sit beside the road and I will Pull that long nail out.

I used to sing both of these songs in the 50's with my brothers. I am glad that the lyrics haven't been forgotten. They are part of our American history! I still sing "Bill Brogan's Goat" with my kids and "I Went to the Animal Fair" and "You Remember Grandma's Lye Soap, Good For Everything in the Home"...awesome songs!! Don't forget "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" greglake20@yahoo.com

There's a lon long worm a crawling across the roof of my tent I can hear the whistle blowing and it,s time I went There,s some cold cold cold water awaiting my dip And when I get home in the Evening that worm will be on my pillowslip.